VFS_TIME_AUDIT(8)

💅 NAME 💅

vfs_time_audit — a samba vfs module that logs slow VFS operations, no cap

okay so real talk, bestie: this is the manual page for vfs_time_audit(8) and it's about to become your new fave little snitch ✨

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

vfs objects = time_audit

that's it. that's the whole vibe. one line. iconic. 💖

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Hiiii so this VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite 🫶 (yes, the whole family, we love a nepo baby).

What time_audit does is literally just snitch on slow stuff. It logs the system calls that take longer than however many milliseconds you set in time_audit:timeout. And it doesn't just say "this was slow" — it logs the calls and the time spent in them, so you get receipts. 📝✨

It's kind of comparable with strace -T, and it's genuinely helpful for revealing performance problems with your underlying file and storage subsystems. Like a little detective for your disk 🔍💀

Oh and — this module is stackable, so you can pile it on top of other VFS modules, she plays nice 🎀

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

• time_audit:timeout = number of milliseconds — any VFS call that takes longer than the number of milliseconds you set here is getting logged, periodt. The default is 10000 (which is 10s, in case you were doing math 🧮).

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🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

Say you wanna log VFS calls that take longer than 3 seconds — here's the whole setup:

[sample_share]
path = /test/sample_share
vfs objects = time_audit
time_audit:timeout = 3000

obsessed. 3000ms = 3s. slayed. 🔥

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⭐ VERSION ⭐

This man page is part of version 4.24.7-Ubuntu-4.24.7+dfsg-1ubuntu1 of the Samba suite. she's got lore 👑

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

The original Samba software and related utilities were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed. (ngl, that's a whole legacy 💜)

The time_audit VFS module was created with contributions from Abhidnya Chirmule. shoutout 🫶✨

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ok bye bestie, go log those slow ops 💖 this page is from Samba 4.24.7-Ubuntu-4.24.7+dfs, dated 09/13/2026, and it's the VFS_TIME_AUDIT(8) manual — iykyk 🌸🦋